Chapter 766
"Tokugawa Ieyasu met General Chen! General Chen came from afar and worked hard!" After a long journey, Li You finally arrived at the battlefield before the decisive battle began. Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly led various daimyos under his command to welcome Li You. These daimyos had different expressions. Some looked at the elite soldiers with bright armor under Li You with admiration and fear, and some looked at Soyotomo and Shimazu Yoshihiro who were following behind Li You with sarcasm and disdain. Of course, some were filled with envy for them. Holding the Ming Dynasty, they would probably live a better life in the future, right?
Of course, there are also people who lower their heads and dare not look at Li You. Most of them are daimyos who have participated in the invasion of North Korea, such as Fukushima Masashi, Kuroda Nagamasa, and their former colleagues, Governor Konishi and Takato Fujido, died at the hands of Li You. In addition, Li You's name is to deal with daimyos in the Western Army who have also visited North Korea, such as Hideaki Kobayakawa and Hideaki Uta, who have also been to North Korea. How can they not worry?
Fortunately, Li You didn't pay attention to them, but brought his deputy general and Soyotomo. Shimazu Yoshihiro Tamen followed Tokugawa Ieyasu into the military camp. The barracks had already prepared a banquet. Tokugawa Ieyasu brought Li You into the head and sat down. He raised his glass to thank Li You for your assistance. When he saw the elite army under Li You, Tokugawa Ieyasu became more confident in the victory of the battle and received assistance of 20,000 people outside the plan. This was a great thing for the East Army, which was currently at a disadvantage.
Tokugawa Ieyasu kept ensuring that Li You would first choose the spoils after the war. Uta Kishin Hide's family, Kobayakawa Hideaki and others also let Li You deal with it. After saying this to Li You, he also assured Soyoto Tomoto and Shimazu Yoshihiro that their Ishigaki would be improved after the war and their territory were increased. Soyoto Tomoto and Shimazu Yoshihiro smiled and kept giving in.
No wonder they can become a hero who ended the troubled times of the Warring States Period and created the Tokugawa Shogunate. The kung fu to win people's hearts is really not simple. Li You secretly became alert to Tokugawa Ieyasu's performance. Although they have adopted a strategy of locking the country behind closed doors to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate for a long time and rarely harass the mainland, this is far inferior to letting Japan maintain a war situation, so that the Ming Dynasty can benefit from it.
After the banquet, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered people to withdraw the banquet, put on the map and began to explain his plans to Li You. He did not dare to instruct Li You to do things, so he could only tell his plans first, and then see where the Upper Kingdom general was interested in; according to Tokugawa Ieyasu's plan, because the Eastern Army was better at field battles than the Western Army but did not like to attack the city, he planned to bypass the Daheng Castle where Ishida Mizunai was stationed, and led his troops to break into Ori River, spread rumors to attack Saheyama Castle, thereby luring Ishida Mizunai out of the city to fight the decisive battle.
In the original history, it was because of this that Mitsunari Ishida and his subordinates, and the increasingly serious situation of Daming and Tokugawa Ieyasu, had to give up Daheng Castle and choose to go out of the city to fight, thus suffering a crushing defeat.
But Li You didn't want the Western Army to lose so easily, so he chuckled, "It doesn't matter if Mr. Tokugawa's army is not good at siegeing the city. The army under my command carries a lot of artillery, which is the only weapon to attack the city. It's better to let Mizuna Ishida see the power of the cannon tomorrow and then make a decision depending on the situation."
Tokugawa Ieyasu was not able to easily refuse the decision of the general of the surrender, and secondly, he was not sure that Mizuna Ishida would go out of the city to fight according to his own ideas. Thirdly, he wanted to see the power of the Ming army. He had learned everything from Fukushima Masashima and had no chance to witness it with his own eyes. So after Li You made a suggestion, he hesitated and agreed, "Since that's the case, I'll have to pay the general! I'll send the general to the enemy tomorrow."
On the second day, Li You brought 10,000 troops, Soyotomo, Shimazu Yoshihiro and others to the city. In the city, Mitsunari Ishida also brought Uta Kishinhide's family, Mitsunari Kobayakawa Hideaki and other daimyos looking at this unique army from afar. Mitsunari Ishida couldn't help but be furious, "This is a matter in our country. What is the reason why Tokugawa Ieyasu attracts Mingguo's army to assist!"
Daming, who had participated in the invasion of North Korea and other Dadaki, who had participated in the war of invasion of North Korea, had already received news that this Ming army was specially for them to capture them to the Ming country for trial. He had only thought this was just a talk, but now Li You's appearance has broken their fantasy.
It seems that in this battle, I can only stand firmly on Mitsunari Ishida's side, and burn the letters that had been with Tokugawa Ieyasu when he went back. In the battle, Xiaozaikawa Hideaki, who turned against Seihara, made up his mind. Li You at the city made him dare not surrender to Tokugawa Ieyasu again. What if Tokugawa Ieyasu gave him to the general of the Ming Kingdom after the war? Similarly, the other Kansai Daime who participated in North Korea also made the same decision as Kobayakawa Hideaki. Only by fighting with Tokugawa Ieyasu to defeat the Ming army can he control his own destiny. There is only a dead end to surrender.
The Battle of Sekigahara is probably more lively now? In the original history, the decisive battle between the 200,000 troops on both sides had less than 10,000 casualties in the Eastern Army, and the Western Army was only 30,000 more. This number is really a bit less. Let them add some more!
"Now the enemy's morale is in full swing. If they don't rush for a while and let them attack the city, it will probably be difficult?" Xiaozaikawa Hideaki had seen the power of Ming army's cannons in North Korea, and he really had no confidence in whether Daheng City could block the Ming army's artillery fire. Since he had made up his mind to contribute to the Western Army, he should make contributions. After observing the situation, he immediately spoke to Ishida Mizunai.
"Kohayakawa Kingo Nayan is right." Mitsunari Ishida accepted this suggestion and immediately began to arrange personnel to attack the city. "The island is near, Pu Sheng Village, you two lead a thousand people out of the city and rush out for a while."
"Hi!" Ishida Mitsunaga's generals near the island, Pusheng's cottage took the order. Soon the city gate opened, and they rushed towards Li You's flag with a team of elite soldiers.
"Mantis arm also wants to be a car?" Li You couldn't help but sneer. This little force was just a death for him. He was even too lazy to do it himself, and turned his eyes to Soyoto and Shimazu Yoshihiro who were standing aside.
Chapter completed!